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Theindie gamespace continues to be a powerhouse of innovation and expression so don’t overlook these important games.

For those who keep up with ourIndie Spotlightinitiative you’ll also see some familiar faces.

Year in review: playing Balatro against The Eye challenge

So, just join us in celebrating our picks for the best indie games of 2024.

The Yorkshirisms and Northern charm are out in full force in this love letter to British comedy.

Thank Goodness You’re Here is hilarious, absurd, and a fantastic debut from Coal Supper.

A chaotic market square in Thank Goodness You’re Here

Keep a notebook to hand!

Balatro is a twisted rougelike that’s become a dominant talking point for good reason.

The trick comes in how you must bend the rules to keep up with the challenge curve.

Looking at a smashed neon red window next to a mysterious painting in Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

Between rounds, you add special cards to your deck, altering their properties in unique ways.

It feels hypnotizing, cursed, and oh-so moreish all at once.

Why not deal us in for one more go-around?

Spooky skeletons swarm in Tactical Breach Wizards

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The warp room in Animal Well

Using the Justice tarot card in Balatro

Date Everything

Best games of 2025: images of Split Fiction, Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, and Monster Hunter Wilds.

Hades

Wanderstop screenshot of two characters sitting together on a bench, one holds a wooden spoon

The best Steam games to play in 2024 - Astarion from Baldur�s Gate 3 looking pensive with his hand on his chin

Key art for Atomfall showing a character in the English countryside looking at a nuclear plant some distance away

A screenshot shows three Elden Ring Nightreign characters wearing Dark Souls armor sets

Screenshot from CloverPit, showing a first-person view of a slot machine with a shining �Jackpot� announcement lit up.

Screenshot from Iron Mandate.

Hyper Light Breaker screenshot of purple and green dragon boss Maw

Windblown screenshot of a golem boss looming over three players

in Monster Train 2

GTA 6 trailer screenshots

Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

A screenshot from Super Mario Odyssey showing Mario throwing Cappy in New Donk City.

Mavix M7�s Elemax massage and heating backrest

Ritual Remnants appear in various rooms in The Horror at Highrook

Wyatt Russell, Sebastian Stan, Hannah John-Kamen and David Harbour in Thunderbolts

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2